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FinovateEurope is almost a month away, and we’re well into preparing for the show, to be held in London on February 11 and 12 at the historic Old Billingsgate Market Hall. Before we all gather around the demo stage, we wanted to give you a preview of what to expect. Below are the first six Read more…
Cheers to a new year! After ringing in 2014, we wanted take a look back at the capital raised by Finovate alumni in 2013. It was quite a year, with alums pulling in $825 million, $365 million more than in 2012 for an increase of about 80%. 2013 funding summary: 62 companies raised $825 million Q4 had the most Read more…
CaixaBank taps Oracle for strategic Big Data project. Boku announces partnership with SingTel to bring carrier billing-based mobile payments to Singapore. Forbes profiles Ping Identity and its CEO Andre Durand. The Sunday Times features peer-to-peer lender, Zopa. Mobiliti from Fiserv named Top Customizable Solution in Javelin Strategy & Research Annual Mobile Banking Vendor Scorecard. Fiserv’s Read more…
Here at Finovate, we’ve been keeping a close watch on the development of fintech since 2007. This year was no different. Over the course of our four conferences in 2013, we saw: 241 demos 28.1 hours of demos 16 “time’s up” gongs 39 hours of high-intensity networking In case you missed them, here are the Best of Read more…
TipRanks, Narrative Science, Spreedly, and Fiserv earn “True Innovators Awards” in Bank Innovation’s 2013 GonzoBanker column. Jos White of Notion Capital talks about credit card fraud and his firm’s investment in Trustev. Braintree CEO Bill Ready discusses the future of online payments on Bloomberg TV. Nordea, SEB, and Swedbank announce plans to offer MasterPass-powered digital Read more…
Best of Show: IND Group “Shaping trends, pursuing innovations and our enthusiasm in e-finance are what make us capable of creating and delivering state-of-the-art solutions. The fact that we were named among the 100 best global vendors shows that IND has reached the top.” –Balazs Vinnai, CEO, IND Group. Who knew that IND Group was Read more…
A week ago we introduced you to half of the companies that will be demoing their technologies on stage for FinovateEurope 2014. Today we’re providing the second half of our scheduled roster for February. For more information, and to get your tickets, visit our Finovate Europe 2014 page here. Luxoft’s iStockTrack is an innovative iPad Read more…
Last week we revealed 54 of the 64 FinovateEurope 2014 demo companies that will show off their innovations on stage in London. Below, we’ve described each company in more detail. Get your ticket here to be a part of the crowd on February 11 and 12. Here are the descriptions of the first half of Read more…
Prepaid MasterCard cardholders now able to reload at Walmart stores courtesy of Green Dot network. LendUp iPhone app enables mobile borrowing. YouthTech column on ramification in banking features IND Group. Boku furthers its Global Reach with Acquisition of Qubecell Taulia named 2013 Red Herring Global 100 Winner. Vix Technology partners with InComm to Support First of Read more…
Since its inception, global mobile payments company Boku has raised a total of $75 million from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures. Now the California-based company is putting some of that cash to use with its recently announced acquisition of Qubecell, an India-based mobile billing aggregator. In India’s fragmented carrier billing market, Qubecell is Read more…
Moven launches Android app. Kabbage launches iPhone app out of test market. PC Mag includes Dashlane on list of the 50 best free iPhone apps of 2013. Financeit brings in $13 million in series A funding. TSYS Director of Innovation Chris Colson talks about the launch of their Idea Center. Intuit launches Apps.com, a small Read more…
Billhighway listed as one of the 100 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for. Actiance to launch Vantage Compliance App on Salesforce.com’s AppExchange. Virtual Piggy launches new iOS mobile app. hyperWALLET to integrate with PayNearMe to offer cash payment acceptance options. Uber is first company to use PayPal’s mobile SDK. Acculynk offers UnionPay debit card acceptance Read more…